5th Avenue & 128th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 128th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Collyer Brothers Park is 60 feet away, and Shiloh Church Christ Disciples is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 125 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
125 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/W 128 St · M1
Within a walk
47 places
23 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 125 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 125 St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)” (1996) by Faith Ringgold at the 125 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 128 St, 120 feet away, for the M1.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 128 St M1
    120 feet
    M1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 128th Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & W 126 St 27 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10027
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 128th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 128th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 26 Individual Landmarks, and 28 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1883.

  1. Saint Andrew's Church Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 23 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Harlem Renaissance High School
    390 feet
  2. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    830 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fellowship of Learning School
    880 feet
  2. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    910 feet
  3. Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary School
    910 feet
  4. The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce School
    910 feet
  5. Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School
    1,030 feet
  6. West Harlem Community Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Collyer Brothers Park
    60 feet
  2. Harlem Rose Garden
    280 feet
  3. Courtney Callender Playground
    570 feet
Show all 11
  1. Unity Park Garden
    670 feet
  2. Moore Playground
    850 feet
  3. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    860 feet
  4. Rev. Linette C Williamson Memorial Park
    930 feet
  5. Our Neighborhood Place Garden
    990 feet
  6. Marcus Garvey Park Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  7. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    1,180 feet
  8. Marcus Garvey Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Langston Hughes House Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Museum
    1,030 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The National Black Theatre Theater or concert hall
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    280 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    370 feet
Show all 12
  1. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Holy Ghost Pentecostal Faith Church House of worship
    760 feet
  4. The Church of the People House of worship
    770 feet
  5. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    780 feet
  6. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    870 feet
  7. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    870 feet
  8. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  9. Haitian Evangelical Missionary Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.